Girls' name · since 1998
Emaya
Emaya has 360 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,418 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,770 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 360
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Emaya is the #9770 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 360 recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emaya has been recorded 360 times among girls since 1998, currently ranked #9770 nationally and more common than 44% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #14,418 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,770 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 360 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emaya ranks #14,418 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,770 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 360 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,418 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,770 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 360
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emaya's 360 recorded births place it above 80.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Emaya compares
360 49th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Emaya's all-time total is 4% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 360 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Emaya splits its recorded history at 2012: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Emaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Emaya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (136 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Emaya's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Emaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
126 births
- 2010s
2010s
136 births
- 2020s
2020s
82 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 136 births (38% of all-time use).
Emaya by state
Where Emaya concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 6 | 1.7% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.4% |
6 of 360 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Emaya's data
- Emaya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (136 total births) through the 2020s (82) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Emayas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Emaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Emaya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.